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Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds is a medieval monument located 890 metres north-west of Wadham Almshouses in Somerset. The site comprises a moated enclosure, typical of medieval settlement patterns in south-west England, together with associated fishponds which would have served both practical and ornamental purposes for the resident household. The moated site likely dates to the medieval period, when such defensive or status-defining earthwork complexes were commonly established by landowners of moderate means. The survival of both the moat earthworks and the pond features provides evidence of medieval land management and the spatial organisation of a medieval settlement and its associated agricultural resources.
Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds, 890m north-west of Wadham Almshouses is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1473451. View the official record →
Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds is a medieval monument located 890 metres north-west of Wadham Almshouses in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1473451.
Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds, 890m north-west of Wadham Almshouses is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1473451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in St Aldhelm and St Eadburga churchyard (2.2 km), Pottery kiln S of Whitney Bottom (4.5 km), Combe Beacon barrow (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds, 890m north-west of Wadham Almshouses's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Merryfield Moated Site and fishponds, 890m north-west of Wadham Almshouses stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.